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Kids get an introduction to keyboards by Darrius Willrich, left, at JazzED. Gospel singer Cora Jackson teaches beginning vocals to students in JazzED, a 9-year old non-profit that provides Jazz education to kids from pre-school to high school at the former Martin Luther King Elementary School. Photographed Wednesday, May 8, 2019. 210184
Music

How the world of jazz is opening to thousands of Seattle kids who might have been left out

Seattle JazzED, a nine-year-old nonprofit that provides jazz classes to kids, with an eye toward racial, economic and gender equity, has seen big success. And it has ambitious plans for the future.  VIEW

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Sadie Suskind, 12, slices some tomatoes at her Seattle home. Sadie was a contestant on MasterChef Junior, a cooking competition TV show involving children from the ages of 8–13. Photographed on March 22, 2019. 209692
Television

This Seattle 12-year-old has won Tom Douglas’ respect. Now, she’s out to win ‘MasterChef Junior’

Movies

More than a teen movie, ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ captured a slice of late-1990s life in Seattle before it was gone

Former First Lady Michelle Obama (at left) meets with members of a book club at the Tacoma Public Library Sunday afternoon, March 24, 2019, before her appearance at the Tacoma Dome Sunday evening. 209720
Books

Michelle Obama discusses her book ‘Becoming’ with local book club members before Tacoma Dome talk  VIEW

All styles of art work is on display at the inaugural art exhibit of ARTS at King Street Station, a display of works by some 200 indigenous artists and others showcasing some 280 works. The gallery is on the 3rd floor shared by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. The show officially opens March 23 and is on view through August 2019. 209631
Arts & Culture

ARTS at King Street Station, and its inaugural exhibit, democratize what an arts space can be  VIEW

Books

The Friend” by Sigrid Nunez

Moira’s Book Club: Highlights from our discussion of Sigrid Nunez’s ‘The Friend’

Great reads

An interactive guide to best books from the past few years

Movies

James Gunn says he’s a better person after being fired

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's been a roller-coaster year for James Gunn, who was fired from "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" over old tweets in July, and rehired this March. But the writer-director who shepherded the first two "Guardians" films to critical and box office success said the experience has been an educational one....

Music & Nightlife

ODESZA performs during its Double Major concert at Bellingham’s Civic Stadium. (Michael Rietmulder / The Seattle Times)

Review: Death Cab for Cutie, ODESZA’s Bellingham love fest starts summer early  VIEW

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Television

Sunday TV Picks: ‘Game of Thrones’ series finale; need we say more?

‘Game of Thrones’The series finale; after last week’s fiery penultimate episode that set ratings records, topping the previous record number of viewers set by last year’s Season 7 finale, more epic drama is ahead in the final episode of the medieval fantasy based on George R.R. Martin’s best-selling book series, filled with magic, dragons and...

Theater

18-year-old Kieran Walton, at center in the background, performs as Hamlet, Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Volunteer Park in Seattle, during the 17th annual Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival. The free two hour performance (with donations accepted), featured teens in the Young Shakespeare Workshop, and was one of 13 shows this past weekend, by nine theater companies. The production was held in the middle of a cluster of trees, which there are plenty of in Denmark. 202795

Here's your guide to outdoor theater in the Seattle area this summer

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Classical Music

Composer Tom Cipullo and librettist David Mason (left to right), composers of “The Parting,” a world premiere chamber opera commissioned by Music of Remembrance.

A new opera, commissioned by a Seattle group, brings to life the works of a Jewish Hungarian poet who died in the Holocaust

Visual Arts

I.M. Pei, architect who designed Louvre pyramid, dies at 102  VIEW

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Conservation biologist Dr. Samuel Wasser does forensic analysis on ivory seizures, identifying the source populations of the elephants killed and the criminal networks behind the illegal trade. Some of the thousands of tusks set ablaze in Kenya in April 2016 were sampled for by him and his team. (Kate Brooks)

Sam Wasser pours his intense passion for protecting wildlife into research and catching poachers

Dance

Norma Miller, original Lindy Hop swing dancer

Norma Miller, Lindy-Hopping ‘Queen of Swing,’ is dead at 99